Lil Mister's Nursery

My Mom and Dad came this weekend to bring us some of the nursery gear, to fish, and to help us finish some projects. My mom and I worked on the baby's room for most of the weekend while the guys fished. My Dad brought the bassinet he built and my mom made the covers for. It has a changing table that comes across the top and a basket in the bottom to hold the diapering gear. It turned out pretty amazing and is going to be going in our room for the babe to be in for the first few months. My Mom also brought the quilt she and my Grandma finished this week. She did a ton of work while here - finished the binding on the quilt, made a bed skirt, finished the bassinet, and helped me start the crib mobile...as well as cleaning my bathrooms and helping do meals. I seriously have the best parents! We still have a couple monsters to finish to add to the mobile when she comes back when the baby comes-but the nursery is finally coming along, hopefully I can say that for our lil' man soon also!

It's The Final Countdown-36 weeks!

 Here I am at the whopping 36 weeks mark...getting bigger by the moment I swear-let the waddling begin (ps check out the link for some serious laughter)! Some highlights for my 36 weeks are:
         * baby shower in Poky
         * baby shower in Cody
         * last kid free girls getaway in Lava
         * my first stretch marks :/
         * Rhogam butt shot-yup that was fun
         * pregnancy carpal tunnel...trying to start a new fashion with sporting double arm braces-looks like I am ready to go rollerblading @ anytime :/
         * maternity pix from my amazing friend Jen
         * swelling feet :/
         * baby shopping!!
         * Braxton hicks contractions triple!
         * educational birth classes commence (there were 4 & Eric was amazing & went to the last one by             himself and won us a car seat!!)
         * constant bathroom visits...but pretty much only @ night when I am trying to sleep
         * running out of clothes and shoes that fit so I took myself shopping :0)
         

This is what I started with for the crib and dresser. I ordered them and got them in less than a week! Eric was @ track regionals & I hated the boxes in the front room so I had some awesome guys help me haul them upstairs and I went to work the next day to get them set up. I had a great time putting the crib together-I like doing that kind of stuff-it's weird I know. The dresser on the other hand-not so much! Worst instructions ever!

I could only find this lil bitty screw driver so with this and the provided alan wrench I put together these masterpieces. It was kinda hard with my numb tingling hands, but I got it done! I put the crib together in an hour after bunco on Friday night. The dresser took me a lot longer on Saturday. I had to re-do some major parts-like I said the directions were horrible! I love the way these look, but wish IKEA would have made the dresser-better instructions and a little bit sturdier construction. All in all they turned out fabulous. I spent Thursday and Friday washing all lil man's clothes up through 18 months. They are all loaded in the dresser and I am so glad to have them out of the laundry bins and put away!

You can see some of the bright colors we are using in his room. I am so excited to see it all put together-very modern and funky! My mom is finishing the quilt, my amazing friend Shanoa will be painting the monsters on plaques for above his bed, and a few wood shop kiddos are cutting out the frames for his pix. This has most definitely been a team project!! I still need to make the mobile, but we are finally getting there. Too bad I don't have a closet for all the other baby crap on the other side of the photo :0). The only thing I still have coming is the chair that will go on the other side of the crib-hoping it comes soon and that it is assembled-my hands are killing me today from all the work!!

We are getting more and more excited and nervous about lil peanuts arrival. I have his bag packed and the car seat and gear all in my car. I am trying to finish up all my organizing and cleaning, as well as work/photography/and finishing all my birth reading materials. Eric is gone to state track this next weekend so we're hoping he'll hold out a bit longer! Whew...only 2.5 weeks until his expected arrival! Wish us luck!

Luv and relaxation to all my friends!
Liz

Viva Las Vegas

This is our newest edition...Eric finally has a nice truck to drive! We will be selling off his old white one, but are excited to add this one. It will be easier for him to guide out of and something that we can put the kiddo in. We got it in Pinedale for a pretty good deal-which is crazy since he has been looking for a year with nothing super close!

For Spring break we went to Vegas to hang out with Eric's brother/family, his Uncle/Family, and Grandpa Bud and Yoli. We has a great time and loved the warmth! We went to see a Cirque show called KA. It was good but we both thought Mystere was better. We went with Chad, Jessica, and Caydence to the strip a couple nights and ran into Mini Mouse (Caydence's favorite), went to an amazing restaurant called The Rock where you cook your meat on a hot stone, saw sharks at Mandalay Bay, went to Bellagio to see this season's flowers (dutch theme), and got some yummy desserts like Cheesecake Factory and Gellato :0). We also had the opportunity to go sailing with Grandpa Bud (and feed the crazy huge carp) and to help him celebrate his 75th birthday. We loved seeing family, shopping, enjoying the nice weather, and seeing the sites. We also got to see a new Crossfit gym and I worked out for the first time in a long time. I got swollen for the first time in the heat with the all the walking we did, and got food poisoning before going home-but all in all I felt pretty good and had a great time.

Happy Spring to all my friends....hope you are enjoying the sunshine :0)

Liz

What my 32 weeks look like...

Doing Keagles so you don't pee your pants when blowing your nose and coughing....

Birth education classes....

Sudden urges to get everything accomplished all at one time to be caught up, followed by an overwhelming sensation to take a break while you still can....

Not fitting into most of my pre-pregnancy clothes....

Kicks to the ribs....

Hunger with limited room to fit food....

Buying baby stuff :0)....

Planning and making things for the nursery....

Preparing myself for the inevitable cleaning nightmare that needs to take place in said nursery....

Imagining how life will change....

Fears of delivery....

Research on natural birth....

Answering many questions from others about our plans, names, future, ect....

Hearing how great you look or how fat you are for how much time you have left....

Irritability over not feeling great and not sleeping enough....

Day dreaming about working out to get back into shape ASAP....

Reminding myself that healthy is all that matters and that due date should be due month (just in case).....

Trying to finish getting caught up before this lil bundle comes so I can focus only our new little family....

Making blessing arrangements....

Crazy dreams....

Trying to get more protein....

Aversion to chicken is still there....

Peeing more at night....

Excitement when thinking about holding lil mister....

Joy thinking about Eric seeing/holding him for the first time....

Preparations for all the pix I want to take {he won't remember any ways :0)}....

Wondering how to get hospital pix....

Eric and I are both doing great. We just started birthing classes...and Eric was pretty funny some of it: wondering what Keagles were and if he could do them. Yea, he had the class rolling. That class inspired a conversation with a co-worker the next day about tabatta birthing. It's nice to know he is on board and excited with me. We're still trying to decide on a name...but we still have some time and I think we'll know more when we see him. The nursery plans are coming along, and we're starting to get what we need for the lil mister.

No more lil bump...

Say hello to my big ol' mountain of a tummy :0) The jump from 20 weeks to 28 has left a big impression...and little room. Finally got over being sick and having colds. Feeling good now-just tired, and hungry. I feel like I eat normal all day and then have like 3 dinners at night.

Little Mister moves all the time now...call it belly gymnastics or burpees-I think we have a mover on our hands.

I feel like I try harder now to put outfits together...because I feel big and want to be in sweats more than anything else. I also have less to wear so I have to try to put more together with less and make myself feel cuter...since it's still cold here I have found that longer shirts/dresses with leggings or tights and my boots make a pretty quick outfit....as well as cute jewelry since that always fits ;0)

I learned the hard way that soda in glass bottles does not fare well in freezing temps. I figured that super bowl Sunday would be great with some soda so I bought some of the more expensive nice ones and left it in my car to stay cold overnight....bad idea! The worst part besides the shattered glass pieces all over was that I had just got my car detailed at work :/. Luckily with the rubber mats I was fine and able to pick up all the little glass shards-lesson learned.

Eric has been working hard at crossfit for a little over a year now and this year it has lead him to compete in the corssfit games. There are 5 workouts that qualify you for regionals. So far he has done well in all of them-working through injury and being sick. Today we went to Jackson for him to do the 4th workout. It was a killer! One of the seniors from the school has been competing with him and they both did amazing today. The workout was 150 wall balls, 90 double unders, and 30 muscle ups. You had 12 minutes to complete the workout with as many rounds as possible (although making it through one round is extremely difficult!). The leader in the world made it through one round plus 58 additional wall balls. Eric worked his butt off and got through 15 muscle ups. I'd be lucky to get 150 wall balls-50 was hard last time I did them! I am super proud of him and his accomplishments! We're hoping to open a gym here in Pinedale soon, looking for a location...can't wait to see this baby weight come off :0).

My hump, my hump...My Lovely BABY bump-Check it out

Now that I got that awesome song stuck in your head...here are some baby bump pix.

(These are for you Chellie and Katie!!)

I am for sure showing now-hard to hide or suck it in :/

I am bigger at night than in the morning (which is when I shoot my pix)

I have finally gotten over most of the morning sickness stage-

it lasted until a little over 19 weeks.

I am feeling more tired than I was in my first trimester,

but I am also doing more to try and catch up from all the sick time I had.

I haven't really felt the baby move yet consistently...but I think I have felt him.

I haven't really had any cravings but...

I am loving citrus fruits

(it has calmed my stomach this whole pregnancy)

milk products

(see the amazing apricot shake and swedish cream...)

bread

fruits

pizza

Michelinas cheese lasagna

frozen burritos with nacho cheese sauce (its gross I know)

cereal (my saving grace the first 3 months)

pancakes

I am trying to eat more veggies and protein and less carbs...

carbs were really the only thing that went well the first 19 weeks.

Protein has been a real struggle and veggies don't come up so well so I am eating what I can and trying to balance back out.

This pregnancy has been anything but what I thought it would be,

but that's okay because it has taught me patience and to be straight up with others.

It has put me behind on my business and my home stuff,

but I am learning to manage and get done what I can-

I hear it will be great practice for when the baby comes.

Best of all-I am healthy and so is the baby.

It's funny though...

I worked out and ate super healthy so that I would be ready when I got pregnant and I went from eating no carbs and working out to eating all carbs and not being able to work out. I will be changing the working out issue now that my nights are going better.

We found out at our last appointment that it's a boy.

We have also found out that I am RH- and I have placenta previa...

but both should be fine since we know about them,

just hope the one doesn't make the other more difficult.

We are still debating on names...

after all it only took us 7 years to decide on a girls name only to find out it is a boy :0)

I am looking at nursery themes and baby needs-

its all so darn expensive and hard to decide on.

I am leaning towards a very modern oval crib (you can see it on my Pinterest)-

that will be pricey but sturdy...thank goodness for photography $$.

I am also trying to decide between Robots or Monsters...maybe woodland creatures,

but I like the others better.

For Monsters I have a super cool funky wood frame wall collage in mind and for Robots I have an amazing modern painting in mind.

Hoping my amazing mom and grandma will help me out with the bedding.

I'd love any feedback or ideas (all I have found is posted on my Pinterest).

We'll keep ya'll posted...

Luv to all our friends!

Christmas 2011 Style

My friend Shanoa painted this amazing painting for Eric...we absolutely love it!! His fish room is starting to have quite the collection of custom paintings :0).
Opening the fish paintings

Eric bought me these amazing cage shoes...luv them :0)....ignore the fact that I look like a walking zombie

Our amazing gingerbread houses

This photo is pretty priceless, because it doesn't happen much. Mara has always had an aversion to Uncle Eric-even if I was holding her sitting next to him she would flip out unless she was on the other side of me. Finally this trip she started to warm up to him. We all went bowling and had an absolute blast. It was fun to spend time with Amber, Shayne, and all the kiddos. It was pretty entertaining to watch them bowl-Eric even got a strike while on the phone dealing with some business issues. *** Funny side note: Payden asked my mom when she said that we were coming if "Uncle Eric is the one with the big muscles"-my mom said yes and Payden replied, "Oh good, because he gives the best anaconda hugs"-haha, yup Eric likes Nacho Libre a little too much sometimes.

Eric's awesome reaction to a gift at his basketball Christmas party. His assistant coach is a big black dude...and the funny thing is when you put him and Eric together from the back they resemble Rob and Big. Eric's other assistant Trey got them shirts that say Rob and Big on the back, Eric thought it was pretty amusing-we all did in fact :0)

We had a great Christmas this year in Pocatello. It was a busy whirlwind like usual but we did some super fun things:

*Idaho Falls pre-Christmas shopping
*Twin Falls shopping and seeing friends

*Lunch with Jen and Dane

*Gingerbread houses on Christmas Eve

*Bowling with Amber's fam

*Sleep-over with the Hoskins kiddos

*Eric and Shayne Crossfitting

*Seeing 2 Grandpa's and 2 Grandma's

*Dinner @ Sandpiper

*Eating almost a whole tray of cinnamon rolls (that'd be me)

*Unwrap gifts and Christmas dinner

*ISU vs Wyoming-really good first 1/2, awesome to watch Adam play

Hope all of your Holidays were as bright as ours :0)

Nothing like a little pre-Christmas burpee session. Eric bet Paige that she couldn't do 50 burpees and she proved him wrong. Mara caught on and was loving it....Payden, not so much-lol.